GOP Plans to Gut Social Security
Social Security is on the chopping block. Get the word out.
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Socio-Economic Determinants of the Italian Referendum Vote
More proof that the Italian rejection of Renzi’s constitutional reform referendum was not a simple “populist uprising”.
Read more...Bill Black: After 30 Years of Throwing Working People Under the Bus, Democratic Party’s “Centrist” Leaders Remain Clueless About Voter Revenge
The Democrats abandoned the working classes long ago and like an abusive spouse, never thought their victims would leave them.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Economists’ Deadly but Innocuous-Seeming Proclamations
A wide-ranging interview by Michael Hudson on the mind games that economists play.
Read more...Back From Full Employment To “Inclusive Growth”
“Inclusive growth” is economics NewSpeak for pretending to be concerned about the diminished opportunities for the middle and lower classes.
Read more...Bill Black: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Not Austerity
Any plan by Democrats to “Help Working People” should begin with the word “jobs.” But an obsession with austerity makes that impossible.
Read more...Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
Europe is ignoring the lessons of New Deal era much to its peril.
Read more...Trump Starts Revealing His True Colors: Government by Plutocrats, For Plutocrats
The outlines of how Trump will govern are emerging from the fog, as revealed by his Cabinet picks. As expected, there is a lot not to like.
Read more...How the Global Left Destroyed Itself (or, All Sex Is Not Rape)
Why the politics of sex in particular, and identity politics in general, have undermined the left.
Read more...Bill Black: Howard Dean Wants to Continue Austerity’s Assault on the Working Class
Why Democrats like Howard Dean believe in and sell austerity snake oil.
Read more...Bigger Cities Benefit the Rich, Harm the Poor
Australia’s major cities are benefiting the rich more than the poor and are becoming breeding grounds for inequality in the process.
Read more...Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
Why Trumpism caused mainstream ‘social science’ to fall like a house of cards.
Read more...Can Trump Really Make U.S. Coal Great Again?
What are the prospects for the restoration of King Coal under Trump?
Read more...Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom
Corporations are winning an ideological battle, securing lower income taxes around the world. But how far can this trend go?
Read more...Bill Black: Krugman’s Failure to Speak Truth to Power About Austerity
Krugman’s fiscal orthodoxy led him to enable Hillary’s disastrous embrace of austerity rather than call her out for it.
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